How to choose the installation location of LED wall washer lamps

  Some people may wonder how far away should the wall washer be installed?

The golden ratio of wall washer lighting is 1:3

  Golden ratio 1:3 refers to the distance between the lamp and the wall to the height of the piece you want to wash the wall, the ratio between them is 1:3

   For example: if you want to wash the whole wall, your wall is 3m high, then the lamp should be 0.8 meters to 1 meter away from the wall.

  Must not place the lamp too close to the wall, otherwise the following consequences will occur:  

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Because the lamp is too close to the wall, the mural picture is uneven, the light spot is messy, and the grade atmosphere has dropped a lot  

The lamp is installed at such a distance, the effect is quite good

  Other corridors at home, if you think it is narrow, you should not install spotlights to take pictures under the ground at this time, it will be narrower. You should illuminate the wall, this time the space looks very comfortable.

 Corridor lamps are too close to the wall, which will make the corridor appear narrower

  I want to remind you here that wall-washing lighting is mainly suitable for smoother walls with uniform materials and does not want to deliberately create a shadowed wall effect.    This is like: If you are a girl with acne, then the ordinary foundation may not make your skin look even and bright.

  It can be seen that the lighting effect on the left side of the wall in the above picture is obviously better than that on the right, and this is because this rough wall is not suitable for wall washing.

   At this time, it is necessary to use the lighting method to be introduced next-wall cleaning lighting.

  Wipe the wall to add a unique sense of light and shadow

   Although there is only one word difference between wall cleaning and wall washing, the purpose they want to achieve is completely different.

   If you say, wall washing is to make the face makeup foundation, evenly brighten, then wall cleaning is similar to shading the face, I hope this face has a high and low level of vision.   That is to say, this lighting method puts more emphasis on the material of the wall and highlights the visual effect brought by the texture of the wall itself. 

 Using the polishing method, the texture of the wall and the texture of the unevenness are reflected, and the visual effect is great.

 The lighting method of wall cleaning can better reflect the texture of the wall material.

 Rely on the highly textured surface, hide the lamp in the groove, and wipe out the light groove, so that the texture and shadow of the entire wall are revealed, so the texture of this wall will be particularly obvious, resulting in a fierce collision of light and shadow .

   It is worth noting that the application of wall cleaning has high requirements for the light distribution of the lamps. If the beam angle you use is not narrow enough, the texture of the wall will not be expressed. 

  Commonly used wall washing lamps

   In addition, the installation of lamps and lanterns is also very particular. The installation position should be very close to the wall, and it should not be completely attached. It is generally recommended to be less than 1:5 or even 1:10.

   may sound a bit round, this 1:5 means the ratio of the distance of your lamp from the wall to the height of the location you want to illuminate.

   You may understand it by expressing: In short, your beams should be very narrow, and they must be hidden in a groove near the wall, but not too close. For example, if your wall is more than two meters, then the distance between the wall cleaning lamp and the wall is 200/ More than 300 such a range. 

Everyone must be familiar with this relief wall. This is the way of rubbing the wall. This relief wall is gold-plated. Its bumps are not particularly deep, but because there is not a whole row of spotlights against the wall, the beam shines down. The texture of the relief is very obvious, and the three-dimensional sense is also very strong.   Conversely, this wall cleaning effect is not very good: 

The lamp is too far away from the wall, and the downlight with a wide beam angle is used, so that the three-dimensional sense is completely absent and the texture of the relief is not reflected.